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Wylie Fire-Rescue has a service contract with Inspiration. File art The Wylie City Council voted April 22 to allow the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) to be included in the proposed Collin County Emergency Services District No. 1, following a February...
While summer is supposed to be a time for children to relax and enjoy unstructured playtime, some of them may experience food insecurity as families struggle with the extra mouths to feed and rising grocery prices. Several groups, including Wylie ISD, are working to...
For the past several years, schools across the U.S. have beefed up security because of on-campus shootings. The tragic shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde has prompted the need for even more advanced security measures for many school districts. However, Wylie ISD’s...
Police responded to a call of a teenager shot at a home in the 2900 block of Jamestown Saturday, June 4. The call came in after 7:15 p.m., and the teenager who was shot was released from the hospital shortly after being admitted. Sgt. Donald English said the shooter...
By Rick Wood There’s so much going on in our world today…just turn on the news and you can hear of the tragedies that are taking place throughout our nation. Here in Texas, the town of Uvalde is mourning the deaths of nineteen elementary students and two teachers less...
Sports
Wylie East senior quarterback Howard Fisher IV, pictured in previous action, and the Raiders scored 42 points in the second half Friday to pull away for a 49-0 win over Rowlett. Photo by Maddie Smith / C&S Media By Seth Dowdle [email protected] Wylie East...
From Staff Reports [email protected] AUSTIN— The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is re-introducing its largemouth bass conservation license plate with a new graphic design: a jumping bass chasing a lure. It was created by well-known wildlife artist Clemente...
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] PLANO — The Lady Pirates are looking forward to making a “deep” postseason run. They took a good first step towards doing that this past week at Plano East, where Wylie swept Frisco Centennial in a Class 5A,...
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] Both Wylie ISD high schools will be sending a representative to the 2015 state track meet in Austin. For Wylie, it will be senior Andrea Nwachukwu, who finished second in the girls’ triple jump at the Class 5A...
From Staff Reports [email protected] The Pirates’ baseball team closed out the 2015 season with a tie, a loss and then a win, while Wylie East split its final two games. Wylie was tied 2-2 in the eighth inning with Sherman on Monday, April 27 before the game...
Education
Supporting STEM for young women Collin College’s Women in Non-traditional (WIN) Careers initiative has been awarded a $23,245 grant from High Tech High Heels, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)...
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Life & Style
Raising eco-friendly children is less complicated than it once was. From very early ages, today’s kids are exposed to environmental topics and how they can do their part to maintain and protect the planet’s resources. Between activities at daycare and lessons...
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Opinion
By Ed Sterling, member services director for the Texas Press Association. His column is a weekly aggregation of news about the state’s government. AUSTIN — Emergency relief operations expanded and intensified last week as floodwaters caused by Hurricane/Tropical Storm...
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